G21C 3/64
Ceramic dispersion fuel
Official title: Ceramic dispersion fuel, e.g. cermet
G21C3/64 (Ceramic dispersion fuel) appears on 40 US grants and 37 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 40
- Published applications
- 37
- Assignees
- 30
- Inventors
- 95
- Latest grant
- 5 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2015 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 6 |
| 2023 | 3 | 6 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Fuel assembly5 May 2026US 12,620,499 B2Thorium Power, Inc.
- Carbide-based fuel assembly for thermal propulsion applications20 Jan 2026US 12,531,166 B2BWXT Nuclear Energy, Inc.
- Adjusting wait time between burn cycles or merging burn cycles28 Oct 2025US 12,456,557 B2Standard Nuclear, Inc.
- Carbide-based fuel assembly for thermal propulsion applications11 Mar 2025US 12,249,435 B2BWXT Nuclear Energy, Inc.
- Cermet fuel element and fabrication and applications thereof, including in thermal propulsion reactor19 Mar 2024US 11,935,661 B2BWXT Nuclear Energy, Inc.
- Gpu-accelerated digital twin system for real-time thermal-hydraulic simulation and control of space nuclear reactors16 Jul 2026US 2026/0204445 A1Hgp Intelligent Energy, LLC
- High-temperature dense composite nuclear fuel material and method for producing same3 Apr 2025US 2025/0111955 A1Joint Stock Company “Rosenergoatom”
- Suspended uranium dioxide fuel9 Jan 2025US 2025/0014768 A1
- Cermet fuel element and fabrication and applications thereof, including in thermal propulsion reactor12 Dec 2024US 2024/0412882 A1BWXT Nuclear Energy, Inc.
- Customizable Thin Plate Fuel Form and Reactor Core Therefor29 Aug 2024US 2024/0290509 A1Howe Industries LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fully ceramic micro-encapsulated (FCM) fuel for CANDUs and other reactors17US 10,032,528 B2Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation · 2018
- Passive reactivity control of nuclear thermal propulsion reactors17US 10,643,754 B2Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation · 2020
- Dispersion ceramic micro-encapsulated (DCM) nuclear fuel and related methods16US 9,620,248 B2Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation · 2017
- Dispersion ceramic micro-encapsulated (DCM) nuclear fuel and related methods14US 10,475,543 B2Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation · 2019
- Monobloc fuel element and boiling water and fast spectrum nuclear reactor using such elements13US 6,665,366 B2Commissariat A L' Energie Atomique · 2003